Dehortatio (de-hor-ta’-ti-o): Dissuasion.
I know you want to take the bus, but you’ve never been to that part of town before & you don’t know the bus stop you’re looking for–you could get lost on the way to an important appointment & miss it.
I’m reserving you a cab & loaning you my credit card to pay for it. When you go by taxi you’ll ‘land’ at the front door and won’t have to walk up and down the street looking for the place.
Here’s my credit card. Simple.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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